Hi there, my dad has had prostate cancer for years and has had several types of chemo and has been on zytiga for 14 months & now we're at the point where we're running out of options. All the previous treatment has kept the cancer in the lymph nodes (abdominal and chest)- it did move to bone at one stage but seems to have regressed from this area due to the last two rounds of chemo (trial drug). He put his name down for a trial chemo and only could take two rounds because he developed severe numbing in his hands and feet & developed enormous fatigue. He had to stop. He stopped about two months ago but he still has the numbing and now he has fluid on his right lung that keeps filling up. He is having a procedure today to seal the lung (or whatever they do). My question is : has anyone experienced fluid on the lung and was it due to the cancer or treatment? The Oncologist is suspecting cancer in this area but they cannot find anything. My father also has extreme fatigue at the moment and can barely walk. I wonder if this is due to the fluid on the lung (as it happended around the same time that we noticed the fluid) or is it the cancer? The Oncologist also thinks that the cancer is sapping my dad's energy but I am finding this hard to believe because the cancer is still contained and is not in his bone or organs. Can anyone please share a similar experience or their thoughts? Hope to hear from you, many thanks. ... View more

Hi, this is my first blog, I've been reading through other blogs and I have to say that I am really touched by the support here. My dad has refractory prostate cancer, he's had the cancer for 17 years (he is 72) & it was always controlled (radiation then hormone therapy) but now the silly thing has decided to have a spurt and has pooled up in a lymph node in his abdomen so my dear father is going through chemo. The cancer has never bothered him, scan after scan revealed nothing but the abnormal cells were identified and were controlled for years - until now. This is the first time that the cancer has started to allocate itself so the scary ride has begun for all of us. My biggest worry is that the chemo will not shrink the collection & that it will move along and spread. I have never been in this situation, it is so scary & I feel like I just want to burst into tears every time I see my dad but I know I can't. I have my good days & my bad days, I go into depression for a week then feel good the next. I find that others that have not been through the cancer experience don't understand and I don't blame them at all, I feel comfort speaking to others that have been there. Comments, feedback, support all welcome. ... View more